From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SANE occurs
8 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... sane.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
For a
moment I was
alarmed, and called my
friend, the
doctor, to
ask if I were still
sane.
2.
... sane and
happy usefulness.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
3.
... sane and
logical to believe than not ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Hence we are at
pains to tell why we
think our
present faith is
reasonable, why
we
think it more
sane and
logical to
believe than not
to
believe, why we say our
former thinking was
soft and
mushy when we
threw up our
hands in
doubt and said, "We don't
know."
4.
... sane and
sound ideal for our future ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
In this way we
tried to
shape a
sane and
sound ideal for our
future sex life.
5.
... sane drinking
and alcoholism.
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
They are
abetted in this
blindness by a
world which
does not
understand the
difference between
sane drinking and
alcoholism.
6.
... sane, quiet
and full of human understanding, ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
If your
talk has been
sane,
quiet and
full of
human understanding,
you have perhaps made a
friend.
7.
... sane spiritual
program, making a better practical ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
8.
... sane to
all appearances, immediately answers, "Yes!
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
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